For almost as long as telephones have been a common feature in homes and offices, telecommunication companies have regularly been faced with a situation where demand in a particular street or area exceeds the number of physical copper pairs available from the pole to the exchange.
This incident prompted Thoreau to write his famous essay, âCivil Disobedienceâ (originally published in 1849 as âResistance to Civil Governmentâ). Thoreauâs minor act of defiance caused him to conclude that it was not enough to be simply against slavery and the war. A person of conscience had to act.
Jane Bowles (nÃ©e Auer), who was born in New York in 1917 and died in Malaga in 1973, wrote comparatively little â one novel (La Phaeton Hypocrite, a piece of juvenilia, notwithstanding), one play, and one short story collection â but her small oeuvre is distinguished by its quality and innovation.